Cutting Tools

Holemaking

Leveraging Little Holes To Lure Additional Work

Not many contract shops can drill a 0.001-inch hole. This one can, and it uses its micro-hole-making capabilities to attract more 'traditional' machining work from its customers.

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Turn/Mill

Making It In Medical Machining

Examining this shop's healthy medical machining business shows that both medical components and medical customers require special care.

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An Indexable Insert

The solid end mill is a machine shop staple. Its positive cutting edge removes metal by slicing through the material, rather than by scraping.

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The Technology Of Lean Machining

This plant makes different choices for its machining cells depending on whether the parts to be machined there are known or unknown.

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